Machine for sizing thread.



PATENTED SEPT. 26, 1905.

J. COUCHE.

MACHINE FCR SIZING THREAD.

APPLICATIONIALED MAR. l, 1905.

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MACHINE FOR `slzlNG. THREAD. i i

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application led March 1, 1905. Serial No. 247,908.

Patented sept'. 26, 1905./

simple and efiicient device of this description and also to provide said device with means'for 4preventing the sized thread from sticking to the drying-table and from becoming broken.

My invention will be fully described hereinafter, and the features of novelty will be 4pointed out in the appended claim.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, in Which- Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of my improved sizing-machine substantially on the ne 1 1 of Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof. Fig. 3 is a sectional view, on an enlarged scale, taken on line 3,3 of Fig. 1v 5 andFig. 4 is v showing a slightly different. form of drying-table.

A represents `the frame, upon which is journaled in suitable bearings a shaft B, carrying a pulley-wheel C, to which power maybe applied in any convenient manner. Crosspieces D are secured to the frame A and are provided with notches D, adapted to receive the ends' of short shafts E of spools F.v I

. have shown only one of the spools F, 'it being understood that in practice as many as desired may be used, all being made in the manner now to be described.

. A small friction-wheel F forms part of or is secured'to the spool F. and is adapted toy frictionally'engage a friction-wheel G, mou'nted on the shaft B. It is to be understood that the cross-pieces D are located adjacent to the' periphery of the friction-wheels G, of which there may be as many as desired, said cross-pieces being curved to corres ond to the shape of the wheels G, so that a l 'of the friction-wheels F on the spools F which are being used may be in frictional engagement with the wheels G. These spools F are thus rotated aspower is applied to the shaft B through the medium of the pulley-wheel-C and receive the thread after it has been sized I and has left the drying-table. yThe thread II passes from spools H, mounted on suitable standards, (not shown,) then between guidepins I, into the sizing mixture I, contained in the tank J, which is mounted on suitable supports J. In this tank J is mounted a roller K, under which the thread H passes after passing between the guide-pins I. This roller'serves to keep the thread immersed in the sizing mixture I', which may consist of any of the well-known for the purpose. After leaving the roller K the thread passes between further guide-pins L, also located in the tank J, and over a second. roller M, which is also mounted in said vtank J. To prevent the thread from carrying too much of the sizing mixture with it as it leaves the tank J, I'provide a wiping-cushion N, made of any suitable material and located adjacent to the roller M, so that the AthreaclI-I passes over this cushion N as it leafves the roller M, and any su erfluousmixture is thus wlijped from the t read. After leaving the ta J the thread passes over a Idrying-table O, which is hollow and into which steam or any other heating medium may be introduced in any lconvenient manner from any suitable source. After the thread I-I leaves the drying-table O it passes between guide -pins O cross-piece O2 of the drying-table O. From the guide-pins O the thread passes under a roller P, journaled on the framework of the drying-table O, to and through guides Q', mounted on supports Q, which will be more fully described hereinafter. From the guides Q the threadpasses to the receiving-spools F, upon which the said thread is wound, as hereinb efore mentioned.v With existing defvices of the kind to which my invention relates each lthread always passed over the same path, resulting in an accumulation of sizing mixture on the drying-table, which formed projections which as the sizing mixture hardened caught the threads and broke the said threads. To overcome this objection and to attain other valuable advantages, I have provided the mechanism which I will now describe.

Mounted onthe shaftB is a worm-wheel R, which meshes with a worm-gear R, mounted on a counter-shaft S, journaled in suitable bearings on the frame A. An eccentrically-mounted gear-wheel S which forms-a cam, is secured to the shaft S to turn therewith. The said gear-wheel S meshes ingredients vadapted mounted on 'the IOO with a second ear-wheel T', vwhich is mounted on an oscil ating arm T, pivoted at T2 on the frame A.

A spring Z has its one end connected to the arm T and its other end connected tothe frame A and serves to retain IIO the gear-wheel T in engagement with the cam gear-wheel S. The upper end of the arm T moves in a guideway T, secured to the frame A. Oscillating arms U and U, pivoted at U2 upon the trame A., are pivotally connected at the upper ends at U:s with a cross-bar U", upon which cross-bar U1 are mounted the supportsQ, carrying the guides Q, hereinbefore mentioned. An adjustable bar V, formed of two portions having a pinand-slot connection with each other, as at V, connects the two arms T and U together at T4 and U5. Thus as the counter-shaft S is rotated, through the medium of the wormgear R and the worm-wheel R', mounted on the shaft B, the cam gear-wheel S will, through its engagement with the gear-wheel T, oscillate the arm T, which in turn through the medium of the bar V will rock the arms U and U and the cross-bar U4, thus also rocking the supports Q and guides Q, and thus guide the thread H back and forth in a path parallel with the spools F, which thus receive the thread in even layers. An arm W, pivoted at vVV upon a suitable support, has its one end pivotally connected, by means df a bar W2, to the oscillating arm U. The arm U is provided with a number of openings U, which are adapted to receive the screw T3, which secures the bar W2 to the arm U to permit of the adjustability of the bar W2. At its other end the arm W is pivotally connected to a bar X, pivoted at X on the support for the drying-table O. This bar X is pivotally connected to a cross-bar Y, slidably mounted on the frame of the dryingtable O and provided with guide-pins Y, between which the thread H is adapted to pass before it reaches the drying-table O. Thus as the arm U is oscillated, through the medium of the mechanism just described, it will swing the arm WV on its pivot W and through the medium of the bar X slide the cross-bar Y back and forth in a path transverse to that traveled by the thread H in its passage across the drying-table O, thus preventing the thread which passes through the li l l l l l t l l l guide-pins Y, carried by the bar Y, troni depositing any of the sizing mixture in any one particular place. Tn ot-her words, an v sizing material which may leave the thread as it passes over the table will be evenly distributed over said table, thus preventing the formation of any projections which inight fray, tear, or break the thread.

ln the construction shown in ltig. l the arm W is connected with an arm l, pivoted at 2 upon the frame ol" the. table This table in this form of device is provided with an extra top 3, mounted to swing upon a stud or pivot 4, secured to the table (l, this eXtra top being connected at 5 with the arm l. Thus as the arm lV is swung by the means hereinbefore described the arm l will be oscillated on its pivot 2 and through its connection with the top 3 will swing said top on its pivot 4, thus serving the saine purpose and attaining the saine benetits as described with relation to the sliding bar Y, it, being understood that with this structure the bar Y may be omit-ted.

Various moditications may be made without departing from the nature ol` my invention.

I claim as my invention-- The combination with means lor feeding the material lengthwise and a sizing device, of a transversely movable size distribut er located between said sizing device and leeding means, a transversely-1noval)le guide for the material, located between the l'eeding means and the size-distril uter, an oscillating arm or lever, and connections extending from points of said lever located at opposite sides of its fulcrum, to the sizc-distrilniter and the guide respectively.

In testimony whereof I have signed in v name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JU ILES COllCl l ll.

Vitnesses THoMAs H. VAYLER, JonN A. KEnLENnneii. 

